Land fragmentation, agricultural productivity and implications for agricultural investments in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) region, Tanzania

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cg.contributor.affiliationSokoine University of Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationThe Nature Conservancyen_US
cg.contributor.crpWater, Land and Ecosystemsen_US
cg.coverage.countryTanzaniaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2TZen_US
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africaen_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2016.0797en_US
cg.issn2006-9774en_US
cg.issue2en_US
cg.journalJournal of Development and Agricultural Economicsen_US
cg.river.basinNILEen_US
cg.subject.wleAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONen_US
cg.subject.wleLAND MANAGEMENTen_US
cg.volume9en_US
dc.contributor.authorKadigi, Reuben M.J.en_US
dc.contributor.authorJaphet, J. Kashaigilien_US
dc.contributor.authorAgnes, Sirimaen_US
dc.contributor.authorFelix, Kamauen_US
dc.contributor.authorAnna, Sikiraen_US
dc.contributor.authorWinfred, Mbunguen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-07T09:47:24Zen_US
dc.date.available2017-02-07T09:47:24Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/79767en_US
dc.titleLand fragmentation, agricultural productivity and implications for agricultural investments in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) region, Tanzaniaen_US
dcterms.abstractThere are polarized evidences of the impact of agricultural land fragmentation on land productivity. On the one hand there viewpoints which consider land fragmentation to harm agricultural productivity. On the other hand there are counter thoughts which view land fragmentation as a positive situation which allows farmers to cultivate many environmental zones, minimise production risk and optimise the schedule for cropping activities. We use the case of Ihemi cluster in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) to investigate the impact of land fragmentation on crop productivity. We furthermore discuss the nature and causes of land fragmentation in the SAGCOT region and its implication on the future structure of agricultural landholdings and welfare of smallholder farmers in the region. The results showed that the nature and level of fragmentation in the study area were the outcome of combined, rather than isolated influences of supply and demand driven factors. Overall, the results did not support the claim that fragmentation reduces land productivity. This then implies that land fragmentation should not always be considered as defective. There were evidences of increasing chunks of land owned by rich farmers and investors which increased the possibility for increased consolidation of agricultural land under large scale farming. However, the landholdings for smallholder farmers might become increasingly more fragmented as poor smallholder farmers continue selling their land holdings to rich farmers and investors. Releasing the SAGCOT region’s potential for agricultural development will require that smallholder farmers are helped to secure adequate and suitable land for farming, raise agricultural productivity, diversify their sources of income, and adopt good production practices. This requires setting up a strong base of investor - farmer synergies for inclusive agricultural growth.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.available2017-02-28en_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationReuben, M. J. K., Japhet, J. K., Agnes, S., Felix, K., Anna, S., & Winfred, M. (2017). Land fragmentation, agricultural productivity and implications for agricultural investments in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT) region, Tanzania. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 9(2), 26–36. https://doi.org/10.5897/jdae2016.0797en_US
dcterms.extentpp. 26-36en_US
dcterms.issued2017en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en_US
dcterms.publisherAcademic Journalsen_US
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/90595en_US
dcterms.subjectihemi clusteren_US
dcterms.subjectland fragmentationen_US
dcterms.subjectland consolidationen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural productivityen_US
dcterms.subjectagricultural investmenten_US
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen_US

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